Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Graphic artist and owner of the blog Tell Me About It draws inspiration from the famous last line of Paradiso, and therefore The Divine Comedy—Michelle Marie (username MICHELLEMARIE), “And the Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars…,” Tell Me About It, January 17, 2015 (Retrieved February 29, 2024)
“Dante’s Divine Comedy’s fourth full translation to Hungarian was created by Adam Nadasdy, as a result of eight years of research a modern and clear translation was created just as Dante’s original work in his own time. I was asked to create infographics to the book. My goal was to create clean, minimalistic and accurate illustrations so that the readers will be able to understand the different locations and Dante’s path – Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.” —Janos Baksa, Adobe Behance, June 2, 2016 (retrieved on February 29, 2024)
Further illustrations of each circle, terrace, and heaven can be found here
“The City of Sin is embodied in Dante’s Hotel and Casino, which reaches out to a more adult audience with its gothic theme. Its opening is planned for the end of the year.” —Rainbow Six Vegas, Ubisoft Montreal, July 3, 2010 (retrieved February 21, 2024)
“When Swofford is stuck on latrine duty, the words ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ are scrawled on the shit bucket. This is a well-known line from Inferno by the poet Dante Alighieri. In the poem, the words appeared scrawled upon the gates of hell.” —James Clark, “7 Things You Probably Never Knew About Jarhead,” Task & Purpose, April 6, 2017 (retrieved February 20, 2024)
Contributed by Alex Milanese
Mary Beard of The New Yorker makes a superficial reference to The Divine Comedy with her article titled “The Divine Comedy of Roman Emperors’ Last Words,” as there is seemingly no other connection to Dante’s epic. Instead she finds comedy in the mundane deaths of such heavenly figures.
“In the end, godlike aspirations often met with all too human final moments.” —Mary Beard, “The Divine Comedy of Roman Emperors’ Last Words,” The New Yorker, June 26, 2023 (retrieved January 31, 2024)
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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.
